Simillion's Crossing

An affluent area or roadway in the Lower Circle in the Capital City, this area has several legends surrounding its naming.

Description
The area in the Lower Circle but seems distance from most of the businesses of Velvet Town as the journey there required a bit of travel. It does have a shortcut from Velvet Town though in the form of Peddler's Lane.

Several higher class citizens own property in the area, so this likely is outside of more run down parts of the capital. The patron whom Kihrin and Surdyeh were due to play for, Landril, at the beginning of The Ruin of Kings owned a penthouse and velvets there.

Naming Legend
The major area of the Lower Circle was named after a legend involving the first emperor of Quur, Emperor Simillion. According to a footnote by Thurvishar D'Lorus there seems to be some misunderstanding by the public in its naming. Many citizens believed it to be where the god-king Ghauras was slain, but it is fact where the Court of Gems killed Simillion and strung up his body as a lesson. If this is true, then this is also the action/place that caused the Eight to create the Eight original Royal Houses and their curse."'In fact, it's so named because it marks the spot where the First Emperor's murdered, mutilated corpse was put on display by the Court of Gems as an 'object lesson' to anyone who would defy them.'"